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If only they'd had crystal balls, the juvenile delinquents who read MAD Magazine in the '50s could have blown the ever-lovin' minds of the moms who begged them to stop: "Ma," they'd taunt, "Someday this stuff is gonna be bound up in hardback and shelved in college libraries!"

The San Antonio Current, San Antonio's award-winning alternative media company, has served as the city's premiere multimedia source of alternative news, events and culture since 1986. We dig deep into the issues that affect our community and we fearlessly cover...

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